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Man who hung from windshield after being fatally struck on I-71/75 identified

Man who hung from windshield after being fatally struck on I-71/75 identified

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Updated: 6:38 PM EST Feb 6, 2017

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WEBVTT HALFTHROUGH HIS WINDSHIELD.IT WAS A HORIFFIC CRASH SCENE,BOTH MACRABRE AND MOBILE.>> HE JUST GOT OFF THE HIGHWAYAND CAME RIGHT IN AFTER HE HITTHE GUY.BRIA A CAR WITH A BODYDANGLING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD,AND ONTO THE GROUND ROLLS INTHE 5TH STREET SPEEDWAY.A CLERK CALLS 911.>> A GUY JUST CAME IN. HE HIT A GUY THAT WAS ON THEHIGHWAY.HIS LEG IS -- PART OF HIS LEG ISMISSING. HE'S IN THE WINDSHIELD OF THISGUY'S CAR.BRIAN: THE CLERK PUTS THE DRIVERON THE LINE WITH THE DISPATCHER.>> I WAS COMING DOWN I-75 HERE,COMING DOWN THE HILL BEFORE TH12TH STREET EXIT, AND THIS GUYWAS CROSSING THE INTERSTATE.>> IS HE BREATHING?>> I DON'T THINK SOTHIS GUY LOOKS LIKE HE GOT TO BEDEADBRIAN: POLICE HAVE NOW RELEASEDTHE NAME OF THE MAN KILLED,51-YEAR-OLD BRIAN PATRICKMARLIN, A HOMELESS MAN ANDREGULAR AT THE PARISH KITCHEN INCOVINGTON.>> DURING LUNCH, MY FAVORITEPART, I'M A GREETER SO I GET TOINTERACT WITH ALL OF OUR GUESTSAND VOLUNTEERS. SO THAT'S HOW I MET BRIAN.BRIAN: DREW BAMBERGER ISASSISTANT MANAGER AT PARISHKITCHEN. >> EVERY TIME HE CAME IN HE WASREALLY A PLEASANT GUY, FUN TOTALK TO, VERY APPRECIATIVE OFWHAT WE HAVE HERBRIAN: WE'VE LEARNED THE CALLSTO 911 ACTUALLY BEGAN BEFOREBRIAN WAS HIT, AS A MOTORISTSPOTTED HIM WALKING.>> FROM KYLES LANE TO THEHIGHWAY.>> OK.>> AND HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S DRUNK.BRIAN: POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IFBRIAN WAS INTOXICATED.HE HAS HAD A LONG LIST OFALCOHOL RELATED ARRESTS, AND HISFRIENDS REPORTEDLY SAID HE HADBEEN DRINKING JUST BEFOREWALKING TOWARD THE HIGHWAY,WHERE HE WOULD NEVER RETURPOLICE SAY BRIAN MARLIN CAME TONORTHERN KENTUCKY FROM OKLAHOMHE ALSO SPENT TIME IN OREGONIT TOOK POLICE SEVERAL DAYS TOTRACK DOWN HIS NEXT OF KIN SO

Man who hung from windshield after being fatally struck on I-71/75 identified